Foment

Quick meaning: Foment is a verb meaning (transitive) To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.

Meaning

(transitive) To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.

More Meanings

1. (medicine, transitive) To apply a poultice to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge.
2. Fomentation.

Example Sentences

Foreign governments have tried to foment unrest.

He was arrested for fomenting a riot; after all, it's bad enough being in a riot but starting one is much worse.

Sties in the eye are irritating and disfiguring. Foment with warm water; at night apply a bread-and-milk poultice.

Blogjects always have some form of agency — they can foment action and participate; they have an assertive voice within the social web.

Word Forms

• foments
• fomenting
• fomented

Synonyms for foment

Depending on context, synonyms include provoke, abet, actuate, goose, send, sting.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include agitate, incite, incitement, instigate, stimulate, arouse.

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